The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion
Team Challenge: UNO 2025
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Team Torchwood
Important links and infoTEAM SHELVES
Michelle
Laura
MelanieJoy
Jamie
Alissa
Shikha
Lulu
Melissa Emelei
Alexia
Nicole
SPREADSHEETS
❅ Official team spreadsheet (captains only for editing):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
❅ Current results spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
❅ Team Tracking spreadsheet (please post your books here!):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
UNO RULES AND IMPORTANT INFO
❅ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive)
For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for example, could be used as title starting with T or H
Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read
**Important note**
Some books on the color cover list may not seem like the color cover. This is because GR will show the default version. There may be a specific version that has been shelved that is the actual color. The version you read is what you should shelve, and is what counts, for UNO.
COUNTDOWN
Only books started after the challenge starts can count for this challenge.
❅Countdown to start:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Completion Post FormatIf you are not able to use the spreadsheet, we will need to following information posted in our thread to be moved into the planning spreadsheet. You do not need to post a completion post in this thread if you are able to add to the spreadsheet on your own - this is only if you are not able to use the spreadsheet.
Our team sheet is located here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Captains will be moving books around to fill holes, so please list all cards your book could work for.
Color cards should take priority. If you claim a color card, please try to finish that book quickly so we aren't left scrambling at the end of the month!
Completion Post
Title: Something Blue
Author: Emily Giffin
Date: February 19, 2024
Rating: 3 stars
Cards:
BLUE Cover
2 - #2 in series
6 - Title
8 - Author FN Emily
REV - read by teammate
Mini InfoFebruary Mini
In a galaxy far, far away...
Prepare your tunics and your lightsabers (and maybe a spaceship while you're at it) - for in this optional mini challenge, we will take you across the universe of Star Wars to make the acquaintance of some of the most well-known heroes and villains of the galaxy.
From the below list, your team may pick six characters. At least one character needs to be a hero and at least one character needs to be a villain. The remaining four characters may be freely selected among heroes and villains. For all six of your chosen characters, you will have to read a book for every task.
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R2D2 & C3PO
1. Read a book with an author who identifies as LGBTQIA+.
2. Read a book with an awesome sidekick (your own interpretation).
3. Read a book with a character who speaks more than one language.
4. Read a book from the Shelf Artificial Intelligence (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
5. Read a book with gold letters on the cover.
Luke Skywalker
6. Read a book where one or more characters have to go on a quest.
7. Read a book with a sky on the cover.
8. Read a book with a character who is a beginner at something.
9. Read a book with a sword on the cover.
10. Read a book with MPG Science Fiction or MPG Speculative Fiction.
Princess Leia
11. Read a book with a character who is royalty.
12. Read a book by a female author.
13. Read a book with a white cover.
14. Read a book where characters from different backgrounds fall in love.
15. Read a book from the Shelf Bad Ass Heroine (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
Han Solo
16. Read a book with a hero or a character who is worshipped as a hero.
17. Read a book by a male author.
18. Read a book with a gun on cover.
19. Read a book where the title begins with a letter from MILLENNIUM FALCON.
20. Read a book where the characters have to pull off a heist.
Chewbacca
21. Read a book with a character who has a fabulous best friend.
22. Read a book with the word "carpet" in text. (Please give location and sentence.)
23. Read a book with a neuro-divergent character.
24. Read a book with a spaceship on the cover.
25. Read a book where the title and/or series title and/or author's name contains at least 2 Ys.
Yoda
26. Read a book with a character who is a teacher (of any kind).
27. Read a book with 500+ pages.
28. Read a book that has been published in or before 1977.
29. Read a book with a character who is retired or who is in hiding.
30. Read a book tagged "Magic" or "Magical Realism" (at least 10x).
Darth Vader
31. Read a book where one of the characters is considered a villain.
32. Read a book with a black cover.
33. Read a book with the letters MASK in title OR in author's name.
34. Read a book with MPG Romance.
35. Read a book where friends fall out.
Emperor Palpatine
36. Read a book with an elderly character.
37. Read a book with red writing on the cover.
38. Read a book revolving around some kind of political intrigue.
39. Read a book where a character is hiding their true identity.
40. Read a book tagged "Space Opera" (at least 10x).
Jabba the Hutt
41. Read a book with a character from another species.
42. Read a book with MPG Crime.
43. Read a book where the author initials can be found in BOUNTYHUNTER.
44. Read a book with the word "gangster" in text. (Please provide location and sentence.)
45. Read a book with a character who is enslaved or held in captivity.
Fleet Admiral Piett
46. Read a book with MPG War or MPG Military or MPG Military Romance.
47. Read a book with a character who has a difficult/demanding boss.
48. Read a book with the word "uniform" in text. (Please provide location and sentence.)
49. Read a book from the Shelf Space (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
50. Read a book where the title begins with a letter from FIRMUS.
Sarlacc, the monster of the Dune Sea
51. Read a book tagged "Adventure" (at least 10x).
52. Read a book with a brown cover.
53. Read a book with the word "hopeless" in text. (Please give location and sentence.)
54. Read a book with MPG Horror.
55. Read a book with a title starting with a letter from DIGESTION.
Grand Moff Tarkin
56. Read a book with a character who has one of the following specific honorifics to their name: occupational, military, academic or title. (Familial honorifics - Aunt, Grandma, etc. - or Mr/Mrs, etc are not accepted.)
57. Read a book with the letters DEATH STAR in title and/or author's name.
58. Read a book with a grey cover.
59. Read a book from the Shelf Boss (if a book is part of a series, any book from the series will be accepted).
60. Read a book where a character gets imprisoned/locked up.
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◈ Every book read, i.e. every task completed, is worth 10 points. Each book can be used for one task only.
◈ Books for tasks can be finished in any order. No need to complete blocks to get the 10 points/book.
◈ Completing six sets of tasks (ie six characters) will award your team a completion bonus of 30 points.
◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books from what you are claiming for your UNO hands.
◈ The usual book length rules apply.
◈ Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points.
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1).
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on 14 February, 9am UTC (Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...) and before 1 March, 9am UTC.
Books must be marked as "read" in Goodreads with the date AND shelved to your UNO shelf for the captain team to accurately track.We will need to verify this to move it to the official sheet.
Also, please be sure you are posting in our team thread at least once a week, even if you haven't finished any books. We need to know you are still playing so we aren't scrambling at the end of the month.
We have our cards for April! April Color Cards - Completed!
Color Cards - March - COMPLETED!!!
Color Cards - February - CompletedEach Color card may only be duplicated once for a Wild/Wild Draw 4.
Please post your possible Color cards, including a link to the edition you are considering for the card. As captains, we have to see that the cover works for the color. You would not believe the discussion in the captain's group every year over blue & green covers!
Hi Team Torchwood! For those of you new to Uno, welcome! For those of you returning from previous years, welcome! I'm your team co-captain, here to help Michelle with all the little niggling details.Please introduce yourself post your Uno shelves here for Michelle and I. This makes it much easier for us to do the checking we have to do. Also, if you haven't done so yet, please accept our friend requests. This is the easiest way I know of for checking for Reverse card books.
I'm Laura. I live in North Carolina with 5 of my kids. We moved here a few years ago while my eldest stayed with my mom in California. She is attending college/nursing school and I'm so proud of her!
The rest of us are over here getting use to much colder temperatures than we have ever been use to in our lives before. But at least that leaves more time for reading.
I've been playing Uno since the beginning. It is one team challenge I will never miss!
My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
And one last order of business before all the fun starts. Michelle posted a link for a tracking spreadsheet for us above. As she said, you don't have to use it. But if you do, please provide all options a book works for. And understand that at the end we may need to move things around to get everything covered.
Hello everyone! I'm Alexia, and i am a new member to this UNO challenge. I'm very excited to start this with you all! I'm a big fan of fantasy, romance and mystery, and I always love a good book recommendation.My UNO shelf is here: UNO2025
Hey everyone! Excited to read with you! I'm Nicole and I live in Kansas City! I'm an ICU nurse and work night shift- so you may see me active at some bizarre times!I read pretty much everything, though not a huge romance or non fiction reader. Love to hear recs from others!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Hi Everyone! So excited for UNO this year! I'm MelanieJoy (you can also call me Mel or Melanie if you want). I live in California with my husband, one year old son, and 2 cats. I've done UNO a few times and really enjoyed it each time. I read a lot of genres but I avoid horror if at all possible. I'm also not a huge fan of paranormal at the moment. I read some popular fiction, some romance, some fantasy, and some young adult usually.
One of things I love about reading challenges is exchanging book recs and talking about both terrible and amazing books we've been reading.
Laura, I'm super excited to be on the same team with you again!
Excited to get to know all of you better!
My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Hi everyone! I'm Lulu. I've played Uno before but it's been a few years. I mostly read romance but do branch out into other genres. I'm not a big thriller or horror reader. I enjoy talking books and love a good rec too. Super excited to be playing with you all this year!Uno shelf
Hello to all! I'm excited to be back and teaming up with Laura for another fun round of Uno. I live with my husband and two kids in beautiful snowy Southern Oregon and I'm the park General Manager for Crater Lake National Park. We are in our slow season and I'm excited to read some great new books with you all over the next three months. I'll read anything for a challenge, but my favorites are mysteries of all kinds, non-fiction, and historical romances.
Like Laura said, we really need to claim the color cards first. We, as captains, need to verify the covers work for the task, and we don't want to leave those until the end of the month because they are the toughest to find.
And my Uno shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Let's talk strategy! The first books we will need to claim are the colored cards since they take some coordination - they must match color cover and the letter or number. We also need to start claiming Reverses (book previously read by a teammate), Draw 2s (these need to match 2 cards in the same hand covered by one book), and don't forget those Wild Draw 4s (duplicating a color card).
And if you have other things you must read for other challenges, let's get those claimed as well.
The key is to list everything it will also fit in the "other possible cards" column. I have listed an example in post 5 above. Laura and I will be moving books around to finish up hands, so don't stress if your book is moved from your original spot! We will find a place for it. The categories listed above should be our first priority, but also list where else it can work.
And don't forget that mid month we will have a mini challenge thrown our way, so some books could move from the main to the mini, opening up spots we hadn't completed.
It all seems complicated, but once we get rolling it all makes sense. Just ask any questions here and we will figure it out together. The color covers should be over 50%, so when in doubt, post it here and we will confer as a team.
Our Reverses aren't too bad this month. We only have 3, and 2 of them are in a hand with a Draw 2!I have
and
for Green and for Blue. But both of these have V characters, so unless we really need them this month I'll save for the inevitable 7 color cards we're sure to get. I'll have a look and see what else I've got.
would work for the Blue 2.Blue?
Not sure how quickly my library will get copies of
, but I am first on the list for one of the hard copies! And that looks blue to me!
Thoughts for blue? 
(looks much more blue in real life)Yellow enough for yellow?
(yellow around the edges push it over 50%?)You know i'm dying to read my next Harry Bosch so if it's too gold I'll read it for something anyway. :)
Michelle wrote: "Thoughts for blue? (looks much more blue in real life)Yellow enough for yellow?
[bookcover:Death By Design 9 (Josiah Reynold..."I think S is for Silence works for Blue and The Crossing works for Yellow. I don't think Death by Design quite makes 50% yellow.
That's what I was afraid of for Death By Design. I'll still read it though, they are fast reads.Both yellows look good to me. Tin God is really close! Anyone else want to weigh in?
I was looking at these for color card optionsBlue
Green
Yellow
Good Morning!When I last check the thread was still locked so I am glad to see it open.
I'm Alissa and I seem to be the lone Canadian. I live in Calgary, Alberta which is the major city close to Banff National Park.
I am a wide reader but my favorites are mysteries and historical fiction. I've participated in UNO for several years but didn't last year. I will go through my soon to reads later today and post some matches.
Lulu wrote: "I was looking at these for color card optionsBlue
Green [bookcover:How to Be..."
Lulu, those are great examples! Yes to all, I say.
Michelle wrote: "Lulu wrote: "I was looking at these for color card optionsBlue
Green [bookco..."
Don't mind me. I wasn't sure about it being at least 50%, but TinEye says it's 75% green, so that one would work. :)
Also, these could work! Green:
Yellow:
Blue:
Hi team Torchwood!This is my second year in the UNO challenge, and I am thrilled to here. Can't wait for it to start!
I live just outside Oklahoma City - we just moved from the Kansas City area not too long ago to be closer to family.
My UNO shelf is here:
UNO 2025 Shelf
I love reading fantasy but really just love reading in general - so I'll try go go through my TBR soon and add some books to the spreadsheet.
I've got two possible colours for now.
Very nice Green 3 and just over 100 pages
Yellow 2 either with the title or a character. This book looks like it has a lot of characters so may fit elsewhere easily
Tomorrow I am heading south for a week so may not be on a lot, although I will try to check in as I am looking forward to the book chat and growing my TBR.
My name is shikha, I am from India. This is my first UNO challenge, excited to read lots of books with you all !
I'm gonna see if i can access
and/or
because they both work for the color cards and i love emily henry!!Edit: I got
from the library! I'll start it on the first day of UNO. I read romance fairly quickly so it should only take me a few days. Nicole, I looked at your year in books last year and you have a lot that I want to try out!
I think
,and
,
for blue can work and for green
Are these book correct , this my first time playing
Shikha wrote: "I think ,and, for blue can work and for green[bookcover:A New Leas..."Shikha, welcome! I think you will love this challenge.
Of the books above, they all work except The Teller of Small Fortunes. It's close, but not quite 50% blue. The others fit great.
When you get a chance, can you create your Uno shelf and link for us? All books you use for the challenge need to be shelved there and marked as read for us to verify on the official spreadsheet.
MelanieJoy wrote: "I'm gonna see if i can access and/or because they both work for the color cards and i love emily henry!!Edit: I got [bookcover:Bea..."
Those were both good!
Do we have a running list of which color cards have already been claimed? I'm trying to figure out what I need to request from the library :)Also, the team I was on last year used a color checking site for anyone that needs it for book covers! I use it constantly: https://labs.tineye.com/color/
If you all want to start claiming spots on the spreadsheet, pencil in your reads. Just be sure you list what other cards it will work for. Laura and I will move things around as we go, so don't be surprised if the book you are reading moves spots throughout the month. We will find a spot for every book you read. Just be sure to communicate if you claimed a spot and it looks like you won't finish before the month ends so we aren't scrambling the final few days. Color cards take priority! If you claim a color card, be sure it's something you can knock out this month.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Remember that we can't start reading our books until the countdown ends:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
Michelle wrote: "If you all want to start claiming spots on the spreadsheet, pencil in your reads. Just be sure you list what other cards it will work for. Laura and I will move things around as we go, so don't be ..."thanks Michelle!
Hi everyone,My name is Melissa and i’m from Montreal, Canada. This is my first time playing UNO so hopefully i’ll be able to get the rules right! I’ve been reading a lot in January so i’ll take a look at our hands in the upcoming days to see what books I read in Feb to contribute to the game!
Excited to play with you all!
Welcome aboard, melissa! Uno is so fun. We are looking forward to reading with you.
"Shikha, welcome! I think you will love this challenge.Of the books above, they all work except The Teller of Small Fortun.."
Okay got it! Thanks Michelle
My UNO Shelf-
UNO challenge2025
Awesome! Thank you. And welcome to everyone. Let's start reserving spots on the spreadsheet for our first reads. I am a moody reader, so I will only claim one or two at a time and see where my others might fit.
I know some of you like to plan out your reading to work with other challenges, too. Remember we have 98 cards this first round, not counting the mini challenge we will get mid-month, so we have lots of choices. Don't be shy. If you have a book you know you want to read this month that fits one of the cards, go ahead and claim it.
Hey guys I've filled in a bit of the spreadsheet. I'm not sure if I did it correctly but I followed what was already written so hopefully it's good! I have a library card so I'll mostly be working with what's available at the time. I can reserve books in advance but as of write now I've put in the options I've already taken out or that I can borrow from a friend!
Hello everyone! I also filled a little on the spreadsheet. These are my reads just for now, more will be coming later. I hope i followed the instruction correctly. Let me know if it is alright, it is my first time playing.
I'm a mood reader too. I haven't decided what I'm going to start with but will look and see. I will probably post one or two at a time as well.
I just claimed the Beach Read one. I have no idea what else I'll read next!
Same with the mood reading here! I've gone ahead and claimed a spot - will fill in more as the month progresses :)
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